Madeleine Cruise is an emerging artist who creates sensational objects and abstract images that explore emotional experience in contemporary life. Driven by a desire to make complex situations tangible, her work investigates such themes as sexuality, relationships and social status, within a personal and broader social context. In a creative process that explores material equivalents between painting and sculpture, Madeleine creates immersive sensual and tactile environments for contemplation.

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Glorious Descent

Acrylic on canvas 60 x 40cm

Monday, September 7, 2015

The Other Art Fair - 10th - 13th Sep

This week I will be part of the fan fair that is Art Week in Sydney. As in previous years The Sydney Art Fair is showcasing a selection of contemporary art from Australian and international artists. Known as Sydney Contemporary it will be shown at Carriageworks and consists of hundreds of commercial galleries exhibiting select artists from their stable of existing artists that they represent.

The Other Art Fair is exactly that, an alternative art fair that showcases emerging and unrepresented artists from Australia. Artists have been selected by a panel of established artists and arts professionals to form the fair however they maintain creative and financial control over the presentation of their work.

I will be exhibiting at a stand of my own this year at The Other Art Fair with a selection of paintings and soft sculpture. The emphasis for me is not creative development and / or potential sale of work that comes from this exhibition, but rather the marketing and publicity opportunities in a major city that is not where I live. I will be travelling from Newcastle for the fair and staying in Sydney for the duration, in the hope of generating new audiences for my work and meeting collectors, curators and gallerists and like minded colleagues in the arts.

The Other Art Fair

Opening Night: Thursday 10 Sep 5 - 9.30pm

Fair: Fri - Sun 10am -5pm

Central Park - Chippendale

On display at The Other Art Fair: Candy Mountain 2014 Acrylic on canvas 60x40cm

Artist Profile

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Madeleine Cruise studied painting at the National Art School Sydney as a student of the Reg Row art Scholarship, graduating in 2009 with first class honours and the Fraser residency prize. Her continued studio practice has been supported through residencies with First Draft, The Bundanon Trust, The Banff Centre and Marrickville Garage. Madeleine has exhibited in solo and group shows in Australia and Canada and has been a finalist in the Waterhouse, Mosman and NSW Parliament en plein air art Prizes. In 2013 Madeleine co founded NANA contemporary art space in Newcastle, a not for profit art gallery that she directed for three years. Madeleine is part of public and private art collections in Australia and Canada including Artbank Australia.